Delmiro Gouveia

Delmiro Gouveia
Municipality
The Municipality of Delmiro Gouveia
Nickname(s): Del 1000 (in Portuguese pronounced Del mil [Del thousand])
Location of Delmiro Gouveia in the State of Alagoas
Delmiro Gouveia Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 09°23′09″S 37°59′45″W / 9.38583°S 37.99583°WCoordinates: 09°23′09″S 37°59′45″W / 9.38583°S 37.99583°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Alagoas
Founded	1952
Government
• Mayor	Luiz Carlos Costa(Lula Cabeleira)
Area
• Total	609.7 km^2 (235.4 sq mi)
Elevation	256 m (840 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	47,991
• Density	67.4/km^2 (175/sq mi)
	[1]
Time zone	UTC-3
HDI (2000)	0.645 – medium[2]
Website	www.delmirogouveia.al.gov.br

Delmiro Gouveia is a municipality located in the westernmost point of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 47,991 (2008) and its area is 609 km².^[3]

The municipality holds part of the 26,736 hectares (66,070 acres) Rio São Francisco Natural Monument, which protects the spectacular canyons of the São Francisco River between the Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex and the Xingó Dam.^[4]

References

1. IBGE 2008 statistics
2. - UNDP
3. IBGE -
4. Unidade de Conservação: Monumento Natural do Rio São Francisco (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-21